BodyHair issues

Okay here's the issue at hand. I shaved my chest and stomach (i wouldn't say "abs" yet) and some other "areas" too during a hot shower with shaving soap. Later on my skin was red and puffy and it hurt to the touch. Then i got acne on my chest and stomach. Has this ever happen to anyone else?

Katon_user saidOkay here's the issue at hand. I shaved my chest and stomach (i wouldn't say "abs" yet) and some other "areas" too during a hot shower with shaving soap. Later on my skin was red and puffy and it hurt to the touch. Then i got acne on my chest and stomach. Has this ever happen to anyone else?

Yes, first time shavers will have this happen, on the face as well as the body. It's due to skin not yet being "toughened" to regular shaving, and possible improper shaving methods. Here's what I do when body shaving:

- Use a woman's razor. I don't care if it's pink, no one will see it but me. The blade angle causes less nicks & irritation than a man's facial razor.- Spend some time under the shower, or even take a bath, before shaving. In the bath I add some baby lotion to the water.- Hold the razor at the handle's end, using the least pressure possible, barely touching the skin, like tickling with a feather. It's a totally different technique from facial shaving. Press too hard and you'll get a rash.- Avoid shaving against the grain. Young men often have coarser hair than older guys in certain areas, and you may not be able to get a really close shave "down there" at first. Don't force it. With time your skin may toughen, and you can be more aggressive later. Chest hair is fairly soft, so your problem there may be too much blade pressure.- Apply a body lotion immediately afterwards.

Katon_user saidOkay here's the issue at hand. I shaved my chest and stomach (i wouldn't say "abs" yet) and some other "areas" too during a hot shower with shaving soap. Later on my skin was red and puffy and it hurt to the touch. Then i got acne on my chest and stomach. Has this ever happen to anyone else?

If you're really hairy, don't shave your chest/body with a razor. Use electric clippers or beard trimmers instead. Try the longest attachment first, and then work your way down to smaller attachments until you find the right hair length you're comfortable with.

It's sad. A guy I slept with was lasering his back, when he told me, I was like.. "uhhh...no.."

What's wrong with that? If he's going to get rid of his back hair, he might as well laser instead of shave... much easier. (Plus how does one shave his own back?!) And back hair isn't exactly attractive imo.

It's sad. A guy I slept with was lasering his back, when he told me, I was like.. "uhhh...no.."

What's wrong with that? If he's going to get rid of his back hair, he might as well laser instead of shave... much easier. (Plus how does one shave his own back?!) And back hair isn't exactly attractive imo.

A problem with trimming public hair is that it can be very coarse, especially with some younger guys. Not only will you rip yourself up trying to shave it, but once you do you suffer even more when it grows back a little. I lost my new adult bush to hospital surgery when I was 14, and it felt like there was a porcupine in my shorts for weeks afterwards. I could barely walk.

And I remember tricking with a guy who shaved his balls, but he didn't do it often enough, all stubble. I don't know what it felt like to him, but to my tongue it was like licking a wood rasp.

So that once you shave you may be committed to shaving routinely, without fail. For your own comfort and that of your lovers. Otherwise just shorten a little with something like an electric beard trimmer, so you don't make your lover gag, nor you suffer in itchy agony every third day.

It's sad. A guy I slept with was lasering his back, when he told me, I was like.. "uhhh...no.."

What's wrong with that? If he's going to get rid of his back hair, he might as well laser instead of shave... much easier. (Plus how does one shave his own back?!) And back hair isn't exactly attractive imo.

I didn't like my back hair when it first appeared in my 40s. I saw it as a sign of aging. But shaving it myself with nearly impossible, as you point out.

Then I met a guy who wanted my back & ass hairless. He shaved it for me in the shower regularly, and that was kinda fun. Next I was with a guy who liked hairy, so I let it grow again. Nowadays I really don't care one way or the other myself, it's more important to have the look & feel that HE wants, because he's the one gonna be doing the looking & feeling.